Gavin Bate

It’s not often you’re asked ‘would you like to take part in the world’s highest altitude marathon..?’  Paul Gurney had created BecomingX in 2019 and I was interviewed about my life changing accident on Denali only a year or so later.  We’d first met on the North side of Elbrus in 2012, and had become good friends.  Paul creates many exceptional expeditions, and in January 2026,  I was heading to Chile to attempt something very special.